Usher Fun Facts!

R&B superstar Usher has wonGrammys and topped the charts with his unforgettably catchy ballads and smooth dance moves, and he’s even branched out into acting! Find out more about the multitalented performer in Usher Fun Facts!

Usher has won many Grammys and Awards over his career

Usher signed singing sensation Justin Bieber

Usher is part owner of The Cleveland Cavaliers

Did You Know...

He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV in Dallas, Texas

His birthday is October 14, 1978

Spent most of his childhood in Chattanooga

He first started singing as a kid in a localchurch choir in Chattanooga

When he was 11 he joined a singing quintet called NuBegginings

His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia so he could pursue music as a teenager

He has a younger half-brother, James

Competed on Star Search when he was 13, where he was spotted by an agent at LaFace Records

His mother, Jonetta Patton, quit her job as a medical technician to manage his career until 2007

His single “You Make Me Wanna” off of the album My Way was his first to reach number one on the charts and go gold and platinum

You Make Me Wanna" won the Best Male R&B/Soul Single at the 1999 Soul Train Awards

“U Remind Me” and “U Got it Bad” off the album 8701 each topped the Billboard Charts for 6 weeks

Made his acting debut on the show Moesha

He also starred in The Faculty, She’s All That and Light it Up

He was in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful

8701 went 4 times platinum in the U.S.

In 2002 he won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Performance

Confessions came out in 2004 and sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. winning a Recording Industry Artist Award, it had the highest first week sales of an album by any R&B artist

He dated TLC singer Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas for 2 years, many thought that Confessions was written about her